Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-25 Thread GandalfG8
Oh My God..IT'S ALIVE !!! :-) - In a message dated 25/06/2012 01:14:25 GMT Daylight Time, gandal...@aol.com writes: Hi All I'd like to say thanks again to all who've offered advice and information on this one, either via the list or directly, and having now been

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-25 Thread Bob Camp
: Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator Oh My God..IT'S ALIVE !!! :-) - In a message dated 25/06/2012 01:14:25 GMT Daylight Time, gandal...@aol.com writes: Hi All I'd like to say thanks again to all who've offered advice and information on this one

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-25 Thread GandalfG8
: Monday, June 25, 2012 8:23 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator Oh My God..IT'S ALIVE !!! :-) - In a message dated 25/06/2012 01:14:25 GMT Daylight Time, gandal...@aol.com writes: Hi All I'd like to say thanks

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-25 Thread Bob Camp
leave them on power. Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of gandal...@aol.com Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 12:32 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator Hi Bob Initially I just

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-25 Thread GandalfG8
get better if you leave them on power. Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of gandal...@aol.com Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 12:32 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-25 Thread Don Latham
Thanks, Clint! Your essay rests in my database... Don C. Turner FWIW, I've re-crystalled a number of those 100 MHz-area '229 and similar Vectron oscillators and have had pretty good results and I thought that I'd make a comment or two. clip -- Neither the voice of authority nor the weight

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-25 Thread Dan Rae
I have a couple of Vectron 229-5657-1 OCXOs, nominal 80 MHz, that have a different pin out to that reported by Nigel. These have the SMA output and only a 24 V supply to pins 2 for + and 6 ground. No EFC. From the output spectrum, I think these are also doubling from a 40 MHz crystal. Dan

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-24 Thread GandalfG8
Hi All I'd like to say thanks again to all who've offered advice and information on this one, either via the list or directly, and having now been provided with the all the information I need would like to share it just in case it's useful to anyone else. The connection data for the

[time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-23 Thread GandalfG8
I've recently bought a Vectron 229-9268 100MHz crystal oscillator via Ebay with no information other than it was supposed to have been removed from an item of Racal radio equipment several years ago. It has an SMA RF connector and a 7 pin circular power connector, much in the style of a

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-23 Thread Don Latham
Kovar is a glass seal, much like a tube base :-), so that's sorted. The voltage is as you point out another problem. The presence of the Kovar seal suggests that the unit is nicely sealed up, not to be opened. Do you know what the waveform or power level should be on the output? Don

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-23 Thread GandalfG8
Hi Don Thanks for the reply, the can itself is certainly soldered shut but whether or not the base is intended to be fully sealed or just to provide insulation around the pins I'm not sure, given that the can seal is probably breached anyway by the nut fixed SMA socket. I've been

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-23 Thread Ed Palmer
Hi Nigel, I don't have any specific info on your oscillator. If I was doing it, I'd investigate the oscillator and oven seperately. Power just the oscillator and monitor the output while you slowly raise the voltage from zero. Once the output appears, watch the amplitude as you increase

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-23 Thread GandalfG8
Hi Ed Thanks very much for your suggestions, it had occured to me that it should be possible to run the oscillator without the oven and if I don't find any specific information as to actual supply voltages I'll give your suggestion a try. That's a great idea re the oven too, followed

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-23 Thread ed breya
Whatever you do, don't apply power to the pins indicated as VCXO Supply. I'm pretty sure that is the internal regulated supply that's accessible only to connect a pot so that you can remotely trim the frequency - if it has the feature, including a varicap diode in the oscillator. One end of

[time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-23 Thread Gregory Muir
Have you tried contacting Vectron International? http://www.vectron.com/contact/index.htm Several years ago I gathered a sizable quantity of various precision surplus OCXOs of Vectron manufacture for a feasibility demo on a client project. A phone call and I was into the engineering